MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-4557

Visnetic Mail Server vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
9.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
dir/include.html in IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, as used by Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server version 8.3.0 build 1, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary local files via a null byte (%00) in the lang parameter, possibly due to a directory traversal vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Deerfield
Affected product
Visnetic Mail Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2005-12-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 9.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-4557

  • Confirm whether Deerfield Visnetic Mail Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4557.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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